Couples Retreat
2009 (Peter Billingsley) PG, 113 min
Starring: Faizon Love, Jon Favreau, Kristen Bell, Kristen Davis, Vince Vaughn
Thirteen years after Vaughn and Favreau’s ineffectual hep cats hit Sin City in Swingers, the duo returns as the (paunchier, greyer) Dave and Joey. Their friend Jason (Batemen), on the brink of divorce, talks Dave, Joey, and their friend Shane (Love)- along with their wives and girlfriends- into accompanying him and his wife to a tropical island couples retreat, where they are surprised to learn that the activities- rigorous therapy, yoga, swimming with sharks- are mandatory. A combination of star power and a gorgeous setting has kept Couples Retreat in the box office top ten for seven weeks and counting. “Thanks to Vaughn, Favreau, and the stray sharp lines that pop out of everyone else,” says Entertainment Weekly, “the film at least offers the lively sound of egos that still know how to swing.“
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